Estuary Fly Fishing

[Crumbo]

Greetings Champs,

I have recently aquired a fly heap of fly tying gear as well as a rod and reel suited for the estuaries. I am keen as mustard to get back into fly fishing after a long break and have never fly fished in the salt.

I have already made a heap of decievers, crazy charlies, zonkers, surf candys and a few home brewed prawn pattens.

I was wondering what would be some decent flys to use in the estuaries on the goldy for trevally, bream, flatties and well anything really.

Cheers
Craig

[NickCurrey]

Craig,

Sounds like you have just about got it covered already. Any fly that resembles small baitfish/prawns/crabs will do the job. At this time of year, work the sandbank dropoffs for flatties, and bream and any structure for bream and squire - rocks, rubble and shallow reefs. I find a 2-3" white deceiver with yellow ontop with flash works well around Moreton bay

Nick

[Crumbo]

Thanks Nick, I have heard a bit that white and yellow seem to go pretty good in the estuaries.

[bassbuster]

Nick,
Just a question on bay tailor. Have you tried them in a burley trail behind a boat. What are your preferences in flies for these critters?

Bassbuster.

[flyfisho]

Crumbo ,
the Clouser would have to be the easiest baitfish profile you can get and every species you have outlined there on them I don't know of many saltwater fish that can't be caught on a clouser I have seen people catch milk fish to juvinile black marlin on them

Bassbuster ,
I reckon they would suite you for Tailor to, as they take half the time to tie than a deceiver (traditionaly tied) which I reckon is important around anything with teeth that is shy of wire

[B_E_N]

hey i just gott the new issue of modern fishing and it has a back issue from november, theres an article in there about prawn and crab flies, does anyone know where i could purchase some of these, net/tackle store whateva?
cheers
ben

[flyfisho]

What area are you in Ben ? There are a couple of shops in SEQ that will sell them ,but if you are geograhpicly challenged there are guys who will commercialy tie them for you I can put you on to a couple of guys if you like ? send me a PM and I will forward there details to you .
I would post it here but the link gets deleted